Masterworks of the New Era - Vol. 1

Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. Raven Rock    
2. Elegy for the Orphans of Terror    
3. I Am Music    
4. Fan-Jen    
5. June 5, 1973    
Disc: 2
1. Mirage    
2. Three Haiku and a Poem    
3. Winter's Poem    
4. Than    
5. Concerto Grosso    

Editorial Reviews
New Music Review, November, 2003
"... gives us a new list of essential repertoire! Isn't it time to expand the Three B's?"

Album Description
Eagerly anticipated first volume of "Masterworks of the New Era" 2 CD set that features hand selected, award-winning works by American composers.

Aimed towards creating a " ... new Three B's" of classical music.

There will be 12 volumes in all - each released within three months of the previous disc. Orchestras will be the very best orchestras from around the world. First volume features the Philharmonia Bulgarica, the second the Kiev Philharmonic, the third the Toronto Philharmonia, etc.

Masterworks of the New Era - Vol. 1, Music, Various - Award Winning American Composers, Robert Ian Winstin, Philharmonia Bulgarica
Masterworks of the New Era - Vol. 1
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • About Time
  • Fantastic New CD!
Masterworks of the New Era - Vol. 1

Manufacturer: ERM Media
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00014DGQ0
Release Date: 2003-12-15

Tracks:

  1. Raven Rock
  2. Elegy for the Orphans of Terror
  3. I Am Music
  4. Fan-Jen
  5. June 5, 1973

Tracks:

  1. Mirage
  2. Three Haiku and a Poem
  3. Winter's Poem
  4. Than
  5. Concerto Grosso

Album Description

Eagerly anticipated first volume of "Masterworks of the New Era" 2 CD set that features hand selected, award-winning works by American composers.

Aimed towards creating a " ... new Three B's" of classical music.

There will be 12 volumes in all - each released within three months of the previous disc. Orchestras will be the very best orchestras from around the world. First volume features the Philharmonia Bulgarica, the second the Kiev Philharmonic, the third the Toronto Philharmonia, etc.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars About Time.......2003-12-24

I really loved this CD. Since I write for a living, I usually don't end up sending blathering reviews out of products I like.

Unfortunately, I really liked this title, and now I must write a review:

Whatever Messrs. Winstin and ERM did to pick out the repertoire - keep it up. These were inspired choices. I admired the juxtaposition of styles and it kept my interest throughout the opus.

Here's the question: Why is ERM the only one's to feature such fabulous work? I listen to a lot of recordings and, for the most part, they are way too tame.

Now, I am a man in my sixties and I shouldn't be jumping through hoops about this kind of stuff - but, damn it - it's really worth listening to a few dozen times - and thats a whole lot more than the other CD that came home with me the same day I bought this one.

Good show!

Tom Wolfe
New York

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic New CD!.......2003-12-21

How many CD's have you listened to? Now take that number and divide it by the number of CD's you've listened to AND thought worthy of your attention.

Pretty small number, huh?

Well, Robert Ian Winstin's new "Masterworks of the New Era" is undoubtedly worth a listen, ot two, or - well, I'm on my fifth go-round!

This 2 CD set (a great price, by the way for two CD's) is full of absolutely stunning new works by, unfortunately, unknown composers.

That'll change quickly! With one listen to this set you'll see why ERM Media (Curious - what does ERM stand for?) has set out to showcase and profile these wonderful composers and their works - and this is only Volume One of the set - there are 11 (ELEVEN!) more to go!

Bravo to Maestro Winstin for his incredible conducting skills amply evident on this CD. (For those of you who are from Mars, Winstin is one of the very best interpreters of new music and one of the best composers of his generation. I loved his "Symphony #5" ...)

Bravos also to all of the absolutely wonderful composers listed on this disc - to name one would be to slight the others. Suffice it to say that all are well deserving to be on this first release of "Masterworks of the New Era" and the range of styles is fantastic. You'll hear neo-Romantic works side by side with iconoclastic jabs, chamber music along with vocal haikus. Very unusual and very, very interesting. It makes for an exciting listen!

If you are like me, you'll be taking everything else out of your CD changer and putting in these two "Masterworks" discs - what a fantastic set!

I can hardly wait for the second volume!

Martin James
San Francisco, CA

Track Listings:

  1. Men's Songs, Women's Voices; Georgine Resick (soprano)
  2. Michael Torke: Three
  3. Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine / Kiehr, Borden, Scholl, Bwen, Torres, Murgatroyd, Abete, Draijer; Jacobs
  4. Mozart: Sonata K481; Beethiven: Sonatas Nos. 5 & 10, Opp. 24 & 96
  5. Musical Offering
  6. Muzio Clementi: Piano Works, Vol. 2 - Stefan Irmer
  7. Rawsthorne: Symphonic studies; Cello Concerto
  8. Richard Strauss: Ophelia-Lieder, Op. 67; Enoch Arden, Op. 38; Piano Sonata, Op. 5; 5 Piano Pieces, Op. 3
  9. Richard Strauss: Scenes from Salome and Elektra
  10. Richard Wilson: Persuasions; Lord Chesterfield to his Son; Fixations; Sonata for Viola & Piano

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